Design Manager

Laura C. Pérez Martínez Written editor / information designer

Creative journalist with more than eleven (11) years of experience in the publishing area

***** ** ** ** #***. Aventura, Florida, 33180 / Phone: 786-***-**** ********@*****.***

Summary of Qualifications

Extensive experience in the conception of publishing projects, from editing and graphic design to the

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development of the manual of style.

Proven skills in the performance of jobs which have been recognized with higher positions and greater

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responsibilities in the area.

Accustomed to work as a team, especially in environments of demanding pressure. Proactive. Proved initiative to

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solve problems generated during every day activities of the publishing world.

Highly developed skills managing a variety of software, such as the used in publishing design and photographic

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edition: Photoshop, QuarkXpress and InDesign.

First class verbal and written communication skills in Spanish language. Excellent understanding of English,

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multicultural personal background.

Expertise in efficiently working at distance.

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Work Experience

ACNUR – Venezuela (The United Nations Refugee Agency) http://www.acnur.org 2011

Caracas, Venezuela

Designer and written editor (Freelance). Responsible for the written edition and design of publications related to the

refugees situation in Venezuela.

Sony Pictures Television ww.sonypictures.com/ January 2009 January 2010

Miami, FL, USA

Designer (Freelance). Responsible for the design of graphic presentations for upcoming TV projects. These

presentations were done for marketing purposes.

Hispanic News Press LLC www.elplaneta.com May 2004 April 2006

Boston, MA, USA

Coordinator of Editorial and Graphical Edition of El Planeta. Founder of this newspaper and contracted to work at

distance. El Planeta is a free weekly publication aimed to New England's Hispanic market. Responsible for the design

and written edition.

TalCual Newspaper www.talcualdigital.com May 2000 December 2007

Caracas, Venezuela

Manager of Graphical Edition. Managed a team of seven (7) people. Regular assistance to editorial and graphical

planning meetings. Led the graphic redesign of the newspaper in 2005, which received the best critiques of the readers

and stimulated the sales.

Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) Internal bulletin, Avance April and July 2006

Caracas, Venezuela

Designer and written editor (Freelance). Responsible for redesigning the editorial and graphical layout of the internal

bulletin, including a proposal of a new structure for the information.

Cofavic www.cofavic.org.ve 2004 2008

Caracas, Venezuela

Designer and written editor (Freelance). Responsible for the edition and design of a variety of books, bulletins and

brochures related with the subject of Human Rights.

Rotary Club (Prados del Este) July December 2003

Caracas, Venezuela

Designer and written editor (Freelance). In charge of the edition and design of bulletins aimed to promote social

activities managed by the Rotary Club in the zone.

La Voce d'Italia, newspaper for the Italian community in Venezuela www.voce.com.ve August 1999 April 2000

Caracas, Venezuela

Graphic Designer. Responsible for the design of the Spanish section called "Venezuela".

Education

Mass Communication Degree (2007). Universidad Central de Venezuela. Caracas Venezuela. Graduate’s thesis title:

Caracas: the great urban advertising billboard. An approximation to a problem of visual pollution. Distinction: Publication

(the maximum category).

Specific Instruction

Design, Typography and Color for Printed Publications (in Spanish) Seminar dictated by García Media in

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the Institute of Journalism Poynter, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA ( www.poynter.org). García Media (www.garcia

media.com) has realized the redesign of publications as The Wall Street Journal, The Miami Herald, The Tribune,

Libération (France), El Tiempo (Colombia), among others. November 2005.

Teams, Yes; Tribes No: Designing Information Workshop orientated to improving work dynamics inside the

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departments of press media design. Dictated by Rodrigo Fino (García Media Argentina), Prodiseño Institute and

the organization Libertad de Expresión. Caracas, Venezuela. October 2003.

Six Visionaries of the Communication Intensive Seminar on editorial communication, dictated by out

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standing experts of different areas: Gabriela Neri, John Moore, Alberto March, Carlos Zerpa, Santiago Pol and

Julio César Aguilera. Caracas, Venezuela. October 2002.

Workshop on Edition of Stories for Children National Center of the Book. Caracas. April 2001.

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VI Congress Publishing Speaking (Publicitariamente Hablando) Universidad Católica Andrés Bello.

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Caracas, Venezuela, 1996.

Awards

National Journalism Award. Category: Newspaper Design. TalCual Newspaper. As a member of the Graphic

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Design team. 2001.

Multicultural Experience

Promotion and Protocol Assistant in the Bonaire's Island Office of Tourism with site in Venezuela, 1998 1999.

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Participant in the Program of Student Exchange of the International Organization AFS (American Field Service,

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www.afs.org/afs_or/home), which included doing the last year of High School while staying for eleven (11)

months with an American family in Westborough, Massachusetts, USA, 1994 1995.

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